Døgnfluer lever en halv dag. Visste du det? De kaster ikke bort halvtimen med å si: «Hvorfor er jeg her?»
Fra TV-serien Derek (2013), av Ricky Gervais. Sesong 1, ep. 7.
Dougie om meningen med livet.
You got a mayfly, its only here half a day. You know that? Theyre not going around, they dont waste that half hour going, «Why am I here?»
You got a mayfly, its only here half a day. You know that? Theyre not going around, they dont waste that half hour going, «Why am I here?» They do their little job and then they die.